The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-10-04

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in finding him was that he would be.
come exhausted before going far, and
sit down.
Once across the stream, / held to the
north for about mile, and then turned
to the left and kept on until 1 had de-
scribed quarter of a circle and come
to the river again. 1 then went back
to the starting point and bore TO the
right, and it was while on my way to
the river that four Indians suddenly
rose up from the grass at my feet and
seized me. 1 can't say that 1 was off
my guard, but it did seem a bit
queer to me as l thought it over
afterward that / should have let
the skunks get such an advan-
tage of me. 1 could see fairly well for
twenty feet or more around me, but tn.
fellows Rugged the earth so closely,
and walked so straight into the trap,
that was done for before / knew what
was going on, Not yell was uttered
not word spoken. Two of them
tripped ME up and the other two piled
on to ME and disarmed me, and i'm less
than minute my arms were jerked
behind me and made fast, and away
we went to the northwest on a trot.
This was maintained for about a mile,
when we came upon party of fifty
mounted redskins, and in the midst of
them found Sewell. He was PROSTATE
with exhaustion and fear, and when l
spoke to him, which act the Indians
seemed rather to encourage, he began
crying and sobbing like child. was
lifted up behind warrior and off we
went at a gallop, riding to the west and
keeping close to the river until we had
made at least fifteen miles. Then we
came upon an Indian village, as it was
growing daylight.
My feelings during the ride were any
thing but agreeable, can assure you.
The fact that | was not killed at the
moment of my capture had signifi-
canoe which we'll understood. was
just as certain to go to the stake for
torture as | remained prisoner, and /
did heap of thinking in hopes to get
a plan for escape. Mounted behind an
Indian, my arms tied so tightly that 1
was constant sufferer, and obliged to
keep my balance by the use of my legs
alone, there was no earthly show for
me to carry out any scheme. Sewell
was mounted on the horse just ahead
of me. and his conduct went far TO dis
tress and unnerve me. He kept UP a
constant lamentation, and was contin-
ually beseeching me not to let the In
dians do him harm. Drink had lost its
effect on him, and to come out of his
spell and find himself in the hands of
the relentless redskins had taken all the
pluck out of him. He was doing the
very worst thing he could have done,
for heard the Indians gloating over
the prospect when he should come to
the stake. There was considerable
hurrah when we rode into the village,
and had not been able to understand
a word of the dialect, the looks and
actions of the Indians would have been
sufficient to tell me what fate they in
tended to mete out to us. Sewell was
placed in one lodge and | in another.
and the war party were soon engaged
with their breakfast. 1t was not
yet fully daylight when L was pulled
off the horse, and therefore l had not
pet been recognized. 1 was pretty
generally known to all the tribes. and
hey had named me 1.-The Long Death"
got the name by killing some of them
With a rifle which knocked them over
when they supposed themselves far
beyond range. My only hope was that
10 one in the crowd would be able to
IDENTIFY me, as L had lately had my
hair cut close and my whiskers entirely
removed, but daylight had only come
when three warriors looked in on me,
rave start of surprise, and one of
hem called at the top of his voice:
1T is The Long Death! We have
rot him at last. Here is the white
lunter who has killed so many of our
people"
The cat was out of the bag, as the
I'D saying goes, and / stood there and
aced them and knew that / was
loomed to the most horrible fortunes
hey could invent.
They did not keep me long in wait
ne. The knowledge of my identity |
yhetted their savage appetites, and
While the warriors who captured us
we're eating breakfast the rest of the
'illage were astir with preparations.
The camp was in bit of valley, on the
eft bank of Smoky Hill fork. and two
Toung trees were cut down, trimmed |
o proper length, and then driven in
he center of the village. The one in
ended for me was almost in front Of
ny tepee, and stood at the entrance
md saw the young men drive it into
he earth. More than that. I sung ont |